Singapore’s Yantai Raffles Shipyard Limited has successfully executed the load-out operation for the first of Awilco Offshore’s three semi-submersible drilling rigs, which are under construction at the YRS shipyard in Yantai, Shandong Province, China.
The lower hull of the ‘Wilpioneer’ was loaded out onto a floating barge by means of an unprecedented combination of the Gripper Jack System with the shipyard’s existing Roller Skidding Method. The hull was subsequently floated off in the dredging area and tugged into the dry dock. “The ‘Wilpioneer’ is the first semi-submersible being built in our shipyard and our adoption of the system has enabled us to execute the load-out the with greater efficiency, lower cost and improved safety,” said Cho Yong Jin, Chief Executive Officer of YRS. “This unique combination system can load structures of up to 40,000 tonnes, which is about three times the weight that other yards can load out using a Gripper Jack System of similar size.” The ‘Wilpioneer’, fully equipped for year round operation in harsh environments, is a GM4000 design rig, with a dynamic positioning system, accommodation unit and ballasting system designed to support duties such as intervention and drilling in water depths of up to 762 metres.
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